New Zealand's Ministry of Primary Industries permits convicted bottom trawlers to damage South Pacific deep-sea corals.
New Zealand's Ministry of Primary Industries issued permits to bottom trawling vessels Tasman Viking and Amaltal Mariner, despite their recent convictions, allowing them to continue damaging deep-sea corals in the South Pacific. Greenpeace Aotearoa and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition criticize the permits and call for New Zealand to end bottom trawling in the South Pacific entirely.
June 11, 2024
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